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(No Modeli) R. OAMERON.

HAMB.

No. 340,697. Patented Apr.27,-1 8 8,6.

INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT CAMERON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAM'E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,697, dated April 27, 1886.

App ication filed September 19, 1885. Serial No. 177,521. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT CAMERON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barnes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to silver and brass mounted iron hames; and the improvement consists in inclosing the upperend of the hame, which has been previously drawn down to the required size and shape, with a brass or other metal shell, which may be electroplated upon the ordinary way. As electroplating directy upon iron is apt to scale off, heretofore when desiring to silver-plate hames of this class the part to be plated was carefully filed down and finished off, and then covered with athin coating of tin, upon which the silver-leaf was laid and secured in position by passing a hot iron over the surface of the silver, this being the old-fashioned way of plating.

\Vhen the hame-top is covered with the brass shell, the careful filing and finishing of the iron part to be plated becomes entirely unnecessary, and the brass covering can be easily and quickly prepared for electroplating, thus accomplishing a saving of time, labor, and expense.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a finished pair of hames having my improvement thereon. Fig. 2 shows a hametop with the open brass shell fitted thereon. Fig. 3 shows the iron top of the hame finished to receive the brass shell. shell.

A represents the main body of the hame,

Fig. 4 is the brass which may be wholly or partially made of iron. or is the drawn-down top, having formed there on the shoulder a. b is the brass shell or covering, which is made of any desired length, and of a shape to conform to the hame-top. b is a ball tip or finish on the end of the hame.

The method of making my improved hame is as follows: The iron top of the hame is first drawn down and shaped, as shown in Fig. 3, when the brass shell (shown in Fig. 4) is placed thereon in the manner shown in Fig. 2. The edges of the shell are then pressed or hammered together, so that they meet around the hametop, after which the ball-tip is placed on the. end of the hame, which extends through and projects beyond the shell to receive said ball, thus securely fastening the shell in position. The brass shell being finished off, the hame is then ready for plating; or, if desired, it maybe burnished and used without plating.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The haiue A, having the drawn-down top a, in combination with the metal shell I) and a fastening means on the end of the hame that projects beyond the said shell, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The hame A, having thedrawn top aand shoulder a, in combination with the metal 7 shell b and a part, as b, placed upon the end of the hame which projects through the shell, to secure said shell in place, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ROBERT CAMERON. Witnesses:

J os. J. Knox, THOS. D. MoWLns. 

